PSG wins Champions League: A fresh breath of fresh air for top-flight football

For the first time in the history of the C1 Cup/Champions League, PSG won the championship, and they were crowned with the biggest score in the history of the final matches in this 70-year-old tournament.

YOUTH WINS OVER EXPERIENCE

Legendary boxer Mike Tyson was right: "Every plan is great, until you get punched in the face, not in the plan." Inter Milan have prepared meticulously to neutralize PSG's attacking style in the Champions League final. According to the plan, Inter's solid and experienced defensive wall will work with all its available enthusiasm. They patiently endure, until center-back Alessandro Bastoni has the opportunity to pass long to Denzel Dumfries, who quickly passes to the center-forwards Lautaro Martinez and Marcus Thuram, in a 2-on-2 situation with the PSG center-backs. In addition, the opportunity will come when Inter is awarded a direct free kick.

Details not planned: PSG led 2-0 after only 20 minutes. Experience is important, but it does not guarantee success. Exhausted (in less than half the first half) by constantly chasing the ball, Inter's defense... lost experience, when they failed to predict Vitinha's through pass to Desire Doue, for Achraf Hakimi's opening goal. Then Nicolo Barella chose to play it safe instead of being aggressive, allowing Willian Pacho to pass the ball to Doue for the second goal. The plan collapsed: Inter were ready for a "lifetime" defensive effort, but they no longer had the opportunity to show their defensive strengths, not knowing what to do in the face of the early appearance of a 2-goal difference, before the requirement to attack.

PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi and players celebrate the historic title. PHOTO: REUTERS

So PSG was free to fly, writing a series of historical details before officially confirming their historic Champions League title. Doue is the first "teen" player (only 19 years old) to both score and assist (Doue scored 2 goals, the rest were goals from Hakimi, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Senny Mayulu). Hakimi is the first defender to continuously score in the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and final of the Champions League. Luis Enrique joins the ranks of coaches who have won the Champions League with 2 different clubs and is the second coach (after Pep Guardiola) to achieve the "treble" twice.

GREAT VICTORY FOR TOP FOOTBALL

Inter are not only the oldest team in the Champions League this season (29.4 years), they are also the oldest in all five major leagues. PSG (23.6 years) are the youngest team in the Champions League and the second youngest in the five major leagues (only behind Strasbourg in Ligue 1). In all of history, only Ajax Amsterdam in 1995 have been Champions League champions as young as PSG (with an average age a few days older or younger, depending on how you count). They are also the youngest PSG team ever to play in a final. The success of youth always promises more exciting things in the future.

PSG's championship is beneficial for top-flight football in general, because it opens up new directions and dispels the boredom that has existed for too long: the way "super clubs" spend money to buy stars. A great example: PSG said goodbye to Kylian Mbappe, completely broke with the "starry" past and succeeded with the strategy of rebuilding from a young force. Above all, artistic football, dedicated football is still what neutral fans want to see the most. Besides Barcelona, ​​no other team can surpass PSG in this. Inter's "warrior" style football is also worthy of respect, but cannot be number 1. Real Madrid is full of superstars but does not look like a team, has no balance, and is also not interesting. It must be affirmed: the most prestigious trophy in top-flight football at the club level has been awarded to the best, most beautiful and most innovative team this season.

With a 5-0 victory over Inter Milan, PSG became the Champions League champions with the biggest final victory in history. This is also the final with the biggest score difference since the tournament was first held in 1955 (formerly European Cup/Cup C1). In the past, the biggest scores in a Champions League final were 7-3 and 4-0. 7-3 was the score in the final Real Madrid beat Eintracht Frankfurt in the 1959 - 1960 season. The 4-0 scores appeared in the finals: Bayern Munich beat Atletico Madrid (1973 - 1974), AC Milan beat Steaua Bucuresti (1988 - 1989), AC Milan beat Barcelona (1993 - 1994). In the last 5 Champions League finals, the total number of goals has never exceeded 2.

PSG also became the second French team to win the Champions League after Olympique Marseille (1992 - 1993). With the first Champions League title, PSG received 25 million euros in bonuses. For Inter, that number is 18.5 million euros. According to calculations from the beginning of the 2024 - 2025 Champions League, the total bonus PSG received from UEFA is about 148.4 million euros, according to Foot Meets Data . According to L'Equipe , the total bonus PSG earned for this title is 6 times higher than the Ligue 1 television copyright they received.

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